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Dress cultures in Zambia : interwoven histories, global exchanges, and everyday life / Karen Tranberg Hansen, Northwestern University

Hansen, Karen Tranberg [Verfasser]

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 207 pages)

The international African library

978-1-00-935031-0 ; 978-1-00-935036-5 ; 978-1-00-935034-1

 

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Drawing on half-a-century of research in Zambia and regional scholarship, Karen Tranberg Hansen offers a vibrant history of changing dress practices from the late-colonial period to the present day. Exploring how the dressed body serves as the point of contact between personal, local, and global experiences, she argues that dress is just as central to political power as it is to personal style. Questioning the idea that the West led fashion trends elsewhere, Hansen demonstrates how local dress conventions appropriated western dress influences as Zambian and shows how Zambia contributed to global fashions, such as the colourful Chitenge fabric that spread across colonial trading networks. Brought to life with colour illustrations and personal anecdotes, this book spotlights dress not only as an important medium through which Zambian identities are negotiated, but also as a key reflector and driver of history.